The Cost of Injury in Canada Report

NOTE: Current report version is 2.2, updated September 3, 2015.

Every year, injury takes a staggering toll on children, seniors, families, and communities across the country. New data from The Cost of Injury in Canada Report quantifies the financial and societal burden on our citizens, our health care system and the Canadian economy.
The financial costs of preventable injuries are rising and unsustainable:

$27 billion lost to the economy annually

3.5 million visits to emergency rooms

More than 60,000 disabilities

Injury costs Canadians more than heart and stroke disease.

The human costs are catastrophic:

16,000 Canadians die each year

43 Canadians die every day

Injury is the #1 killer of Canadians aged 1-44

The loss of life is equivalent to a jumbo jet crashing every 10 days.

Stop the Clock

Lets put a stop on preventable injuries.

Rick Hansen

Testimonial

Ned Levitt

Testimonial

Molly Tissenbaum

Testimonial

Resources

The Cost of Injury in Canada Report

Read the full report to understand how preventable injuries are impacting Canada.

Institute for Work & Health's Issue Briefing

Summarizes progress over the past 15 years in addressing gaps in our capacity to monitor trends in the incidence of injury and highlights opportunities to strengthen this capacity to measure our progress
towards reducing the social and economic burden of preventable injury.